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Feb. 1, 1949. ESTILES 2,460,549

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Patented Feb. 1, 1949 UNITED v1STAT11s NT OFFICEDEVICEEORVRECORDINGGROCERYY vWANT nrs-Ts `Earl, Stiles, Lusk, Wyo. vApplicationAugust 20, 1946,:v Serial. No; 691,796.

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n"Ihe invention relates to a reminder aid device ffm-household. use, andmore especially toa gro- .',cery wantlrecording and listing device forhouse- Iheprimaryobjectvof the-invention isthe pro- .vision of a deviceof this character, wherein there can'be conveniently recorded,groceryand commodtyv needs for a household, so. that a person quirements asthey come to the mind. a,

Another. object of the inventionisthe provision of a device of thischaracter, which is of simple ,constructiom it being susceptible ofplacement 'upon a wall, support or the like, for convenience nin the usethereof, and evenready forservice.

,LLA further object ofthe invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter, which is simple in the construction, thoroughly reliable andeicient in operation, strong, durable, readily and easily operated,positive in the working of the same, enabling want listing with dispatchand accuracy, and inexpensive to manufacture and install.

With these and other objects in view, the iny vention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as Willbe hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, which disclose the preferred embodiment of the invention, andpointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device constructed in accordance withthe invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 lookingin the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 is an elevation showing the front cover removed and lookingtoward the inner face thereof;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary exploded perspective View of the recordingmechanism of the device;

Figure 5 is a sectional View taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3 lookingin the direction of the arrows;

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 3 lookingin the direction of the arrows;

Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view of the Y manually operatedindicator knob and adjuncts of associated recording mechanism therefor;

115 n spending parts'throughout the several viewsin ihedrawingse 2V'Figure Sis a plan Aview of the list sheetremoved; Flgure vis aperspective view of the device with .,.utheyfrontcover partly open andthe list sheet partly mutilated for detail illustration.

.,Svimilarrreflerence characters indicate corre- Referring tothedrawings in detail, the device y constituting the present inventioncomprises a ;backl. panelsection I0, which in this instance isoffsubstantially rectangular shape, andv may be made from any suitablerigid yboard-like material,

A,While alg-the lowermostV or y onefend of this section i connected ,byhinges Il afront/:cover section correspondingly shaped thereto.At-thelongitudinal median Aoil-this section I2 is an elongated slot I3,while at opposite sides of the latter :are spaced horizontally ruledlines I4, these being injvertically columnar order, to provide tabu-,lated spaces I5 for names of commoditieswhich names are permanently andalphabetically disposed for convenience in the use of the device.,`

Slidably accommodated inthe slot I3 in the section I2 is a block-likerunner I6 which is provided outside of the said section with a fingerengaging knob I1, it having oppositely disposed laterally projectedpointers or indicators I8, which are adapted for coinciding with anyselected name of the listing of commodities appearing in the spaces I5before named. Counterseated in the runner I6 is a spring leaf latch I9,having the frictional keeper lugs 20 for releasably engaging in keepernotches 2| provided in the inner face of the section I 2, spaced fromeach other and in vertical row arrangement to opposite sides of the slotI3, these being parallel with one another. Thus the pointers I8 each canbe frictionally latched in a shifted position selectively to the spacesI5 -for identifying a determined commodity by name therein.

Underlying the latch I9 and xed to the runner I6 by a fastenerv 22 is aresilient or spring cross bar 23 reinforced by a backing strip 24, andthis bar 23 at its outer ends is formed with puncturing recorder tips 25for perforating a listing sheet 26 which is releasably attached at 21 onthe section I0, as best seen in Figure 9 of .the drawings. The top faceof the sheet 26 is marked identically to the marking on the front coversection I2, with the lines 28 and spaces 29, respectively, registeringwith the lines I 4 and spaces I5 on this section I2, so that the tipswill cut through the sheet 26, at selected spaces 29, the section Illbeing formed with depressions 30 underlying the have these puncture thesheet 29 when the treadles 33 are rocked in 'one direction throughpressure against said bar. The treadles 33 are disposed at oppositesides of the slot I3, and

parallel therewith in the longitudinal direction of the columnararrangement of sp-aces I and 29, respectively, to be disposed to closethe tips 25 for puncturing operation thereof.

` Fitted in the cover section I2 are depressiblel actuator buttons 3B,one allocated to each columnar space thereon, and these buttons playagainst lateral lever extensions 31 on the treadles `33 which overliethe leaf spring 32, each button 36 being manually depressed for thepuncturing yof the sheet by a selected tip 25 and thus effecting arecording on the sheet 26 of a selected commodity in the jwant listingthereon. When pressure is removed from the selected button 36, therecording mechanism of the device returns to a normal condition, asshould be obvious.

When a complete recording has been had on the sheet 25, it is removed,and an unrecorded sheet substituted therefor in the device for furtherservicing thereby.

The cover section I2 is releasably latched in closed positi-on by alatching device 38, which also creates a hanger-for the device forsuspension on a vertical Wall or support.

What is claimed is:

1.` A device of the kind described, comprising a back panel section, acover section for the back section and having external columnarlyarranged indicia thereon, a movable pointer selectively following theindicia, a puncturable sheet superimposed on the back section and havingcolumnarly arranged indicia identical to that of the cover section,puncture mechanism, forming a 'recorder for the sheet, carried by thecover section and set by the pointer on adjustment thereof, manuallyoperated means on the cover section for actuating the said mechanismwhen set by the pointer, means for returning the `mechanism to normalnon`,recording position,

and a hanger on the back section and latching the cover thereto.

2. lA device of the kind described, comprising I a back panel section, acover section for the back section and having external columnarlyarranged indicia thereon, a movable pointer selectively following theindicia, 'a puncturable sheet `superimposed on the back section andhaving colurnnarly arranged indicia identical to that of the coversection, puncture mechanism, forming a recorder for the sheet, carriedby the cover section and set by the pointer on adjustment thereof,manually operated means on the cover section for actuating the saidmechanism when set by the pointer, means for returning the mechanism tonormal ynon-recoroling.,f position, a hanger :on the back section andlatching the cover thereto, and means on the back section for detachablyholding the sheet in place thereon.

EARL STILES.

REFERENCES CITED The following .references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 522,977 Dudley Julyrz, 18941,127,814 Shanklin Feb. 9 1915 2,174,088 Jensen Sept. 26, 1939 y2,392,488 Maccallum Jan. 8, 1946

